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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Realm of Shades," those described in this poem are focused on what?
(a) Finding a place to hide.
(b) A cool, dry home.
(c) Running away.
(d) Their work.

2. In Stanza 5 of "The Greatest Personal Privation," what happened time and time again?
(a) Slaves were freed from bondage.
(b) Male slaves were regularly sold.
(c) Slave owners freed their slaves.
(d) Families were cut apart quickly and without warning.

3. What is NOT a reason why not being able to read or write hinders the paying of a pension deserved to former black Civil War soldiers?
(a) They do not know what their legal names are, as they go by something else.
(b) They do not know how to spell their names to request their pensions.
(c) They can steal pensions from other soldiers.
(d) They are not trusted to be the person deserving a pension.

4. In "Realm of Shades," what does the speaker wonder when she thinks about our shadows on the ground?
(a) How many shadows have passed this way?
(b) Where do shadows come from?
(c) What hides in the shadows?
(d) How much more will we bury in the earth?

5. After the Civil War, for what did many Black soldiers struggle to receive from the U.S. government?
(a) A military pension.
(b) Housing.
(c) Health insurance.
(d) Jobs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” how much money did a man say he raised to free himself and his wife?

2. What is the reason Mary gives for why it would not be in the best interest of the slaves to be set free?

3. History in "Ghazal" is described as a ship that is always setting sail where the men on either shore do what?

4. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” what do the colored men in the military say they deserve?

5. The character in "Hill Country" can almost believe in what?

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